CAUSES OF HIGH RATE OF SEXUAL PROMISCUITY AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ETSAKO EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE (GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING PROJECT TOPICS AND MATERIALS)
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the Study
Being a teenager gives a child a lot of responsibilities to handle whether boy or girl, for the child no longer depend solely on the father or mother for most decisions taking, including those that are related to sex. Nigerians like people in other countries, derive their code of sexual morality from their various homes, existing traditions and the dominant religion of their places of origin.
Adolescents can be said to be promiscuous when they have two or more sex partners at the same time, and have sexual intercourse with all of them. Rakesh (1992) has explained that what behaviour that is promiscuous, varies much among different cultures. In some cultural contexts, a woman who copulates with a man or men other than her husband is considered promiscuous, while in another culture a married or unmarried man’s extra and pre-marital sexual behaviour may not be considered promiscuous.
Sexual promiscuity is the act of indulging or having sexual intercourse with several casual acquaintances. According to Olarunwaju (2008), sexual promiscuity means having many sexual partners. Misi (2008) opines that sexual promiscuity is the use of one’s body for the purpose of remuneration or consideration of any form. It could also be addressed as prostitution. This is the type of service given by ladies who want money or who are desperate to attain some certain levels of prosperity (Osoba, 1995). Observations by researchers have shown that many female teenagers are in this practice (Ogene et al., 2007). Olugbile, Abu and Adelakun (2008) opined that sexual promiscuity is very rampant among teenagers. Uzokwe (2008) posited that with unbridled liberty and freedom the teenager began to push the limits of acceptable behaviour, taking advantage of freedom bestowed on them as “adults”.
